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Edwardsiella spp.
MICROBIOLOGY
- Facultatively anaerobic, motile, non-lactose fermenting, Gram-negative rod.
- Inhabits fresh and brackish waters, isolated as intestinal commensal from cold- and warm-blooded animals.
- Primarily a fish pathogen, also found in amphibians, reptiles, birds usually residing in marine waters.
- Stains with Congo Red, iron-loving
- Inhabits fresh and brackish waters, isolated as intestinal commensal from cold- and warm-blooded animals.
- Edwardsiella spp.
- E. tarda is the primary human pathogen.
- Behaves similarly in biochemical, virulence and clinical profile to Salmonella spp.
- Other species mainly isolated from fish: E. hoshinae, E. ictaluri (catfish), E. piscidida
- E. tarda is the primary human pathogen.
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Last updated: February 9, 2020
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Auwaerter, Paul G. "Edwardsiella Spp." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2020. Pediatrics Central, peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540736/all/Edwardsiella_spp_.
Auwaerter PG. Edwardsiella spp. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2020. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540736/all/Edwardsiella_spp_. Accessed June 7, 2023.
Auwaerter, P. G. (2020). Edwardsiella spp. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540736/all/Edwardsiella_spp_
Auwaerter PG. Edwardsiella Spp [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2020. [cited 2023 June 07]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540736/all/Edwardsiella_spp_.
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